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Inger Persson's iconic Pop from 1968 is a beloved classic and one of Rörstrand's most beloved designs. Photo: RörstrandSponsored
CeramicsJuly 9, 2025

10 All-Time Favorites from Rörstrand

Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789), The Chocolate Girl, ca. 1744, pastel on parchment, 82.5 x 52.5 cm, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Photo in the public domain (detail)
CeramicsApril 10, 2025

What Is the Trembleuse?

Back: Royal topographical snuff box with lid made of gold, silver, and diamonds. Estimated price: £350,000-500,000. Photo © Christie's (detail). Front: Group "The Decadent Weakling", around 1741, estimated price: £12,000–18,000. Photo © Christie's (detail)
CeramicsSeptember 9, 2024

Major Private Collection of Meissen Porcelain Up for Auction

Staffordshire lamb, late 19th century. Photo © Sotheby's (detail)
CeramicsSeptember 3, 2024

Staffordshire Pottery: Britain's Ceramic Centre

Detail of an antique Chinese vase. Photo © FrankvandenBergh via Getty Images
CeramicsMay 29, 2024

Expert Insights: 3 Questions on Porcelain

A Wedgwood blue and white jasperware coffee pot and cover and a jasper dip bowl, late 18th century, Image © Sotheby's (detail)
CeramicsMay 2, 2024

The Wonders of Wedgwood: England’s Finest Porcelain

Johann Georg Ziesenis the Elder (1716-1776), Portrait of Marie Sophie Wilhelmine zu Solms-Laubach, Duchess of Württemberg-Oels (1721-1793), 1752, oil on canvas, 94.4 x 73.3 cm, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel. Public domain image (detail)
CeramicsApril 25, 2024

The Mystery of Meissen's 'Lady of the Order of the Pug'

Versace ashtray produced by the German manufacturer Rosenthal, with a large Versace logo, the Medusa motif. Dimensions: 22cm x 22cm x 3.5cm. Pittigrilli, derivative work Lämpel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (detail)
CeramicsFebruary 29, 2024

Rosenthal Meets Versace: An Opulent Collaboration

A large Meissen centrepiece, circa 1750. Photo © Sotheby's (detail)
CeramicsFebruary 26, 2024

An Impressive Porcelain Collection Heads to Sotheby's Cologne

Postcard from Hauts-de-Seine, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres - Atelier de Dorure, 1900. Departmental archives of Hauts-de-Seine. Photo in the public domain via Wikimedia Commons (detail)
CeramicsFebruary 6, 2024

3 French Porcelain Factories You Should Know About

Lucie Rie, Selection of works. Photo © Phillips
CeramicsNovember 2, 2023

Lucie Rie and Hans Coper Ceramics Set New World Records at Auction

R. W. Martin & Brothers, Sir Edward George Clarke QC caricatured as a tall distinguished fantastical bird jar and cover, February 1898, salt-glazed stoneware, ebonized wood. Sold at Phillips for $175,000. Photo © Phillips (detail)
CeramicsSeptember 20, 2023

Birds, Toads and Fish: The Grotesque Charm of The Martin Brothers

Left: The rediscovered Ming Dynasty vase. Right: The still missing doucai-style bowl. Photos © Metropolitan Police
CeramicsAugust 28, 2023

A Stolen Ming Vase Recovered in Undercover Operation

A Korean slip-inlaid celadon-glazed ‘cranes’ oil bottle. The compressed jarlet is inlaid with white, red, and black clays with cranes with open wings in flight amongst clouds. Photo © Oriental Art Auctions (detail)
CeramicsAugust 2, 2023

5 Facts to Know About Korean Celadon

Her Majesty the Queen Margreth of Denmark opens exhibition of Christmas tables. Christmas table "Amalienborg" with pieces of porcelain "FLORA DANICA". Photo by Pool DE MONPEZAT/TRAVERS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images (detail)
CeramicsJuly 21, 2023

Flora Danica Porcelain: Serving the Art of Botany

Photograph of the Finnish-Swedish ceramist Lillemor Mannerheim (1927–1994). Photo public domain (detail)
CeramicsJune 29, 2023

Lillemor Mannerheim: The Scandinavian Ceramics Activist

Lost Cloisonné box made for Xuande, the fifth Emperor of the Ming dynasty sold for £288,000 against estimate of £6,000-£10,000. Photo © Dreweatts (detail)
CeramicsMay 26, 2023

Ming Dynasty Box Found in Attic Sells for $355,000

Photos © Lempertz (detail)
CeramicsMarch 24, 2023

KPM Berlin: The Royal Porcelain Pioneer

Marianne Westma, tableware, 'Mon Amie', Rörstrand. Photo © Stockholms Auktionsverk (detail)
CeramicsFebruary 3, 2023

Marianne Westman: Everyday Porcelain Made Fun

An Urbino dish from the Isabella d'Este service circa 1524. Image © Sotheby's (detail)
CeramicsFebruary 2, 2023

Painted with Stories: Isabella D'Este's Renaissance Maiolica Service

A shelf in the Leach Pottery Museum and Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall. Photo via Wikimedia Commons / Licence CC BY 2.0 (detail)
CeramicsOctober 31, 2022

Ceramics 101: British Studio Pottery

Jean Cocteau, Les Gémeaux, 1960; original inscription (on the back), partially glazed white earthenware plate, diameter 35.5 cm. This work is the original model made by Cocteau for the production of 10 copies. Photo © Bonhams (detail)
CeramicsSeptember 6, 2022

Cocteau: Lyrical Ceramics at Auction

Group of Pierrot and Pierrette figures drawn by Wolfgang Schwartzkopff, Schwarzburg studios, Volkstedt, circa 1920. Photo © Schuler (detail)
CeramicsJune 13, 2022

The Schwarzburg Studios: Porcelain, Foxes and Female Creation

Large William De Morgan vase, circa 1890, decorated by Fred Passenger with three Persian style peacocks and manganese carnations on a dark blue background, 38.8 cm high. Photo © Christie's
CeramicsJune 9, 2022

William De Morgan's Vase Sets a Record

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